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I'm Richard Stallman.
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25 years ago [in 1983]
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I founded the
Free Software movement.
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Free Software
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is software that respects
users' freedom
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and the social solidarity
of their community.
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Nonfree programs
are proprietary software.
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That is,
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they take away users' freedom
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keeping them
divided and helpless.
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Divided
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because they are forbidden
from sharing the program
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and helpless
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because users don't have the
source code of the program.
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That is,
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they cannot change it,
they cannot even find out
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what the program
is really doing,
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and it can do very bad things.
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Free Software
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means that the user has
4 essential freedoms:
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Freedom 0
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is the freedom to run the
program for any purpose.
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Freedom 1
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is the freedom to study
the source code of the program
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and change it
to make it do what you wish.
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Freedom 2
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is the freedom
to help your neighbor;
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that is,
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the freedom
to make and distribute
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exact copies of the program
whenever you want.
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And freedom 3
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is the freedom to
contribute to your community;
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that is,
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the freedom to make
and distribute copies
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of your modified versions
of the program.
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With these four freedoms
a program is Free Software
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because the social system for
its use and distribution
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is an ethical system that
respects everyone's freedom
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and the freedom
of the community of users.
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Software must be Free because
we all deserve freedom,
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we all deserve
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to be allowed to participate
in a free community.
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Therefore,
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schools should teach
only Free Software.
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There are four reasons
why this is so.
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The most shallow reason
is to save money.
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Schools don't have
enough money,
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so they shouldn't
waste their money
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paying for permission to use
proprietary software.
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This is an obvious reason,
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but some proprietary software
companies
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usually eliminate this
shallow reason
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by donating copies
of their proprietary programs
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to the schools at no charge
or at a small price.
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The reason why they do that
is to get students addicted.
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It's a malicious plan.
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It's a plan to use schools
as instruments to impose
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a permanent dependence
on students.
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If a school teaches how to use
a proprietary program,
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the student will be dependent
on that program,
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and after he graduates
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he will have to pay
to use that program.
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He will probably
work for a company
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that does not receive copies
of the program free of charge.
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Therefore,
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proprietary software
developers use schools
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to impose permanent dependence
on the whole society.
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Schools must refuse
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to participate
in such a malicious plan
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because schools have a
social mission,
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which is to educate the next
generation to be good citizens
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of a capable, strong,
independent, cooperating and
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free society.
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This can only be achieved
by teaching Free Software.
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Schools must eliminate,
delete proprietary software
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and install Free Software.
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But there is a deeper reason:
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to form good programmers,
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because in order to learn
good programming skills
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students need to read lots of
code and write lots of code.
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To learn to write good code
for big programs
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students need to write
small changes
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in the code of big programs.
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All this is possible
only with Free Software.
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Only Free Software
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allows education
in information technology.
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But there is still
a deeper reason:
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to teach good citizenship,
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because schools have the
mission to teach
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not only facts and technical
skills, but above all
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the spirit of good will,
the habit of helping others.
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Therefore, each class
should have this rule:
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"students, if you
bring a program to the class,
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you can't keep it for yourself,
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you must share it
with the rest of the class."
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The school should practice
what it preaches,
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it should introduce only
Free Software in the classroom.
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All schools should migrate to
Free Software
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and teach exclusively
Free Software
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because each school should
participate
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in leading society towards
freedom and social solidarity.
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Thank you.